Call of Duty 4

[Trippy]

Yup.

[Cim]

That really sucks.

[Azazel]

It's far too linear/scripted to allow for any kind of proper co-op.

[Trippy]

Yup.

[Evildrider]

Recently picked this up, had an itch for some fps gaming.  Glad I did, I really liked the SP part of the game.

I would have got the orange box, but only for portal.  After playing HL2 and Episode 1, I got kind of bored with the gameplay.

[Strazos]

I've been peering at this one as well. And I would really like to buy it for the PC, but...

I fear my old-ass PC would simply refuse to run it in any acceptable fashion.


So, in all seriousness, how does this one play on the 360? Shitty Live people aside, please. Are the controls fairly tight (for a controller)? How is the network performance on "their" end?


Also...I played the demo (I think it was a demo) briefly, and it had a feature where you could hold the trigger for the sights...and then quickly release and re-pull to swap targets. I assume this does not exist in MP?

[Cim]

Then it should at least have a mode where you can fight tons of AI with a buddy. ;_; like Ghost Recon AW

[Nerf]

Straz - the autoaim feature is pretty much removed from multiplayer, sometimes it does seem to stick onto people ever so slightly, but it's negligable at best.  We picked this up for ps3, and it's been a riot.  Didn't actually want to get it for PC, it's nice to be able to lay in bed and slaughter people, FPS's on the PC always seem to leave you hunched over in the pwn position and can get pretty fucking uncomfortable.

I'd reccomend it on console, I can't speak for 360, but it's great on ps3.

[Jimbo]

I bought it for Xbox 360. 

It is fun, even if I was poking fun at what was the differences on PC vs Xbox 360.  It took me about 1 week to get really good at using the 360 controller, but it is pretty easy now to use.  If you really want to use a keyboard, they have an unofficial addapter from XCM that lets you use them, but it is expensive and not supported by Xbox. ( http://www.consolesource.com/ecomm/catalog/Xbox-360-XFPS-360-V3-Sniper-Edition-p-2693.html )  Sometimes the people on line can be assholes and sometimes they are pretty cool, just depends, but playing with people from all over the world is pretty neat.  I've allready unlocked prestige mode and am almost threw it a 2nd time around.

[Nerf]

Are you leveling up in FFA or sticking to S&D for faster xp?  We opted to stick to mainly FFA, while S&D xp does go a bit faster, it's just not nearly as much fun as destroying 7 other people.

[Jimbo]

I'm doing a little of everything.  I like playing 18 vs 18, but that is what is called ground war which is a combination of deathmatch and domination (capture and hold the three flags).  The bomb game is really neat, where you  have to pick up a bomb and take it to the enemies HQ and plant it, but it is a 6 vs 6 game, but is fun!  I don't do much of the hardcore or oldschool stuff.  I would like to see them turn on friendly fire to stop alot of the asshattery that happens with gernades and shooting threw teammates.  But then I love to get close and knife or shotgun, but then that stupid soniceboom + martydom will get me.  I still suck @ sniping, so maybe I'll try doing that more.

[Nerf]

I suck at sniping too, but playing FFA it's pretty much useless anyways.

I'm sure you've already tried it, but p90+supressor+silent step is fucking AWESOME.  Well, silent step by itself is awesome, so much fun following people around for 15 seconds before you knife em, but with the p90 and a supressor you're unstoppable.  Watching people spin around to see where the hell the fire is coming from is 

[Trippy]

MP5 does more damage.

[schild]

I use the MP5 as I don't have the P90. But I pick up a P90 whenever I see one. It's basically the best weapon in the game.

[Jimbo]

MP5 vs P90  I have both maxed out with the AOG scope and digital camo.  I usually use bandolier, extra bullet damage, and improved to hit from the hip, for the choices (unless I'm playing in the psycho little game map called cargo, then it is extra grenades, martydom, and sonic boom).  The maps are so small that the smg's can rock, since you don't have to aim alot with them.  I'm not sure which one does more damage, but a short burst from either drops anyone.  Holly Fuck!  was watching this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyJEEISVTd4 the demo from FN, no wonder that little smg is so wicked. 

Personal favorite weapons:
Assult Rifle--  M-4 on close range maps.  Usually take extra ammo, more damage, and increased hip fire accuracy for the perk.
                  M-16 with a scope on the longer range, with extra ammo, more damage, and increased bullet penetration for perks.

SMG--  P90, MP5, AK74, are all great guns.  Need to play around with the Uzi and Skorpion.

LMG-- M249 with extra ammo, increased damage, and increased penetraion for perks

Shot gun--  both are great fun, extra ammo, juggernaut, and sprint, then run like a spaz shooting people 

snipe--     yeah i suck at it.

[Cim]

I was hoping they'd use more weapons in campaign mode.  They were pretty close to how the military operates, there were only a few things that I didn't like too much.  I would have liked had they made more use of the A-Gunner.  But, meh what can you do?

[Nerf]

MP5 does more damage.

It has a much slower ROF and 1/2 the capacity of the p90 as well.  You can take down more guys faster with the p90.

[schild]

Also, the p90 has practically no recoil.

[Nerf]

Also, the p90 has practically no recoil.

And, if you max out the headshot challenges on it, (red tiger camo) naked women appear.  Really.

[Trippy]

MP5 does more damage.

It has a much slower ROF and 1/2 the capacity of the p90 as well.  You can take down more guys faster with the p90.

Nope only has a 14% slower ROF but it does 33% more damage per bullet at close range, 50% at long range. If your aim is good you can take them down faster with the MP5. If you are a "spray and prayer" then yes, you should use the P90.

Edit: per bullet

[Trippy]

My preferred setup for hardcore Search & Destroy mode is a silenced M4 with UAV Jammer and Dead Silence for maximum stealthiness. The surpressor shortens the max damage range rather signficantly on any weapon that can take one and the assault rifles have double the maximum damage range of the SMGs (except the Skorpion which has an even shorter range) which is why I'm using an assault rifle rather than an SMG even though I'm setup for CQB. The semi-autos aren't good for me when I'm in circle strafe mode and I don't like the 3 round burst on the M16 and the G36C has the same damage but a slower ROF than the M4. If I'm on offense I'll take Bomb Squad as my last perk and 2x Claymores if I'm on D.

[Nerf]

 If you are a "spray and prayer" then yes, you should use the P90.

I play on ps3, all we have is spray and pray, fortunately for me though, allah wills my bullets to hit quite often.

[Morfiend]

Started playing this last night, and so far I am on the second "american" mission, so not very far, and I am not super impressed. Seems a decent shooter so far, but I dont see all the game of the year crap yet. I imagine that it will pick up some after the first few levels though.

[Jimbo]

Holy shit!  Was playing domination on the cargo map, went with my P90, extra grenades, sonic boom (more explosive damage), and martyrdom (drop a live grenade on death) perks, ended up with 57 kills!  Of course I never got more than 5 kills before dying...but it was fun.

[AcidCat]

Holy shit!  Was playing domination on the cargo map, went with my P90, extra grenades, sonic boom (more explosive damage), and martyrdom (drop a live grenade on death) perks, ended up with 57 kills!  Of course I never got more than 5 kills before dying...but it was fun.

I have that exact setup that I call the Bombardier, and there are about three maps - shipment, cargo, and vacant, where it just absolutely dominates. I know it is a spammy cheesefest but it is fun and brutally effective, especially when you get practiced at cooking grenades so they explode just about right when they land.

[Nerf]

It's more fun to keep holding onto them as you run up and explode next to your enemy.

Hell, I'm getting a mic for the ps3 for the sole reason of doing just that and yelling "ALLAH AHKBAR!!!" right before.

[Surlyboi]

Roughly 600 kills. 150 or so Headshots.

Give me a quiet corner and a Dragunov and I will shoot you in the face all day. (Plus the little, "Ding!" sound you get when popping someone in the melon is almost Pavlovian for me.)

That said, I suck at the run and gun. I've died almost twice as many times as I've killed. Martyrdom and last stand are kind of a toss-up for me. I like shooting the guy that tagged me in the nuts a few times before breathing my last. But I have to admit the, "oh shit" moment of a grenade going off at your feet after you pwnd that camping sniper bastard is pretty goddamn funny too.

[Slayerik]

Ok, im enjoying this game a lot. Here are some keys to success that I have found.

Get 25 kills with any gun, and you get the fuckin awesome Red-Dot Sight. It just plain owns.

Have a Light Machine Gun setup with Stopping Power and Deep Impact. Do a lot of crouching and LOOK FOR MUZZLE FLASH. Then own people through walls. Its my favorite now, I have the M60 and it rapes face. Remember that your muzzle flash will give you away as well. Sometimes it is best to wait for that shot.

Learn to love your radar. Also know that when you shoot without a silencer, you give away your position. This has led me to create a UAV Jammer, and M4 with silencer kit. You will never see my ass on radar.

Nades are your friend. Try using SMGs or shotguns after chucking a Stun grenade in a room. Some of the better guys I see rape my face with this tactic.

Crouch and prone are your friend. Find good alleys of fire or wait in ambush if you want streaks. Get used to the knife, instant death up close (and silent).

Use weapons how they are meant. If you have a shotty setup, stay indoors, dont go trucking across the street. Same with submachine guns.

Go the long way around. You will find more targets looking at the big fight and make for easy kills. Stairwells can be death traps, people naturally want high ground so dont be afraid to camp a stairwell for a minute, especially behind enemy lines.

[Surlyboi]

My perfect setups right now.

Sniper: Whatever sniper rifle I'm using at the moment. (Usually the Dragunov). With stopping power and deep impact. Plus claymores. (If the click - boom don't get 'em, at least you know they're in the house looking to bust a cap in your ass, if it does, hell, it's an extra kill, plus you can probably swap out your pistol for that nice, shiny gun he just dropped) Got a 17-kill steak with that combo yesterday. 

Assault: M4, ACOG scope (only because I haven't unlocked the G-36 yet) Again, deep impact and stopping power and either Claymores (Put 'em near the rear tire of a bus or car. Nobody looks down there until it's too late)

CQB, either the auto shotgun or the AK47u. More claymores (can't stress the usefulness of the little fuckers enough. In maps like vacant, nobody stops to check for a claymore before rushing around a corner. They're too busy trying to rush up behind somebody and shotgun them in the back.)

[Slayerik]

Nice....reinstalled OS, and fired up the game...says my fuckin profile is corrupt and resets my stats. (and yes, I verified the old stats are gone...has the single player shit intact though!)

Well, there goes 25 levels :( The fact that stats are stored locally is some bullshit.

On the bright side, I'll be the baddest level 1 mofo you ever seen :)


After all my crying, I did some digging and the way to fix is to go into Multiplayer options, and enter the key that came with the game. Then rename your mpdata.corrupt to mpdata in the profiles part of the install and viola! Whew

[Nerf]

25 levels, pfft, you're still a camping pussy.

Run and gun with dead silence and a supressor is the only way to fly, camping is for noobs and people without hand eye coordination.

[Surlyboi]

Up yours. Takes a lot more hand-eye to put a single round through a melon than it does to sneak up behind somebody and spray a couple of pounds of lead center mass. You may feel more manly running around waving your gun, some of us have better ways to affirm our peen swingage.

[Cim]

TWO TO THE CHEST, ONE TO THE HEAD!!

[Slayerik]

25 levels, pfft, you're still a camping pussy.

Run and gun with dead silence and a supressor is the only way to fly, camping is for noobs and people without hand eye coordination.

I'm a camping pussy without eye hand coordination huh? Fuck off already Super Soldier Nerf.

Sorry that I actually use my brain and get in a proper firing position at times, instead of running around like a chicken with my head cut off hoping to get a quick kill before getting owned. I'm not sure why I respond to some of this BS. You probably play shipment FFA with martydom anyways. Cause that takes mad skillz. And everyone knows Nerf has mad skillz.

[rk47]

mad skillz on console shooters?